NEXT MEETING: Thursday 10th January 2019, 7.30pm at Vine House - come and join us !

Dear Patient,

As many of you will know we have had a patient group at the surgery since 2011. However the format of this group has changed - please click on the Document tab and read "Brief Summary of PRG versus PPG".

The Patient Participation Group (PPG) will be deemed to constis of all patients (11,700 approx) but a small committee will meet to discuss suggestions/proposals etc. The PPG will run independently but Vine House will have a representative at the meetings.

If you wish to become more invovled in the PPG please sign up below and you will be kept in contact via email with regards to issues and meetings.

If you don't want to be involved in the committee but would to be kept up-to-date via our "Grapevine" newletters, then please follow the link on our Home Page. So far approximately 700 patients have signed up for this service!

We will be in touch shortly after we receive your form. Please note that no medical information or questions will be responded to.

Many thanks for your assistance

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VINE HOUSE PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP

TERMS OF REFERENCE 2017

Title of the PPG

The Group shall be called THE PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP (PPG) of the VINE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE, ABBOTS LANGLEY and shall initially be affiliated to the National Association for Patient Participation.

Aim of the PPG

The aim is to promote co-operation between the practice and patients to the benefit of both.

Membership of the PPG

Membership of the PPG shall be open and free to all registered patients and staff of the practice, but must include at least one representative of the medical staff and at least one member of the practice administrative staff, in addition to the two elected officers, the Chair and the Secretary.

Activities of the PPG

4.1 The PPG will be kept informed of the practice policies relating to Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group. It may express opinions on these policies on behalf of the patients.

4.2 The PPG will consult with the Practice on service development and provision and assist in the assessment of community medical needs, including Patient Surveys.

4.3 The PPG will contribute to, and be kept informed of, Practice decisions.

4.4 The PPG will advise the Practice on the education needs of the community by encouraging and supporting activities within the Practice to promote preventive medicine and healthy lifestyle choices, and the appropriate use of healthcare services and resources.

4.5 The PPG will contribute to the Grapevine Newsletter informing patients of the activities of the PPG. The Newsletter will be distributed by email, and will be made available in the surgery and on the Vine House Health Centre website.

4.6 The PPG will seek to ensure that patient information and advice are readily available and clearly presented.

4.7 The PPG will represent patients at PPG Network meetings with HVCCG and co-operate with the Care Quality Commission in seeking to influence local provision of health and social care.

Meetings of the PPG

5.1 The PPG will endeavour to meet no fewer than four times a year. The term of office of the two elected posts of Chair and Secretary will be two years, and elections will be held at the first meeting of the relevant year, commencing in 2019.

5.2 5.2 Notices of meetings, reports on meetings and information about the PPG’s activities will be displayed on PPG notice boards, in surgery waiting rooms and on the Health Centre’s web page, and members will be notified by email alerts, and through the post when necessary.

Administrative support

6.1 Administrative assistance for the PPG will be provided by staff at the Practice.

2015

The link below takes you to an Action Plan that has been running since our Group was formed in 2011. It was originally compiled as a result of looking at the data from our first patient survey report of 2011/12 and discussions held with members of our Patient Reference Group.

Action Plan v8 2015 is our most up-to-date plan following discussions at our Patient Reference Group meeting held on 14th January 2015.

As well as continuing to complete action points from the above plan, for 2014-15 we were asked to specifically look at three prioirity areas. The results of this work can be found under "Have your Say" and clicking on "Survey Report".

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